Fabrics/Preforms
ASCEND program update: Designing next-gen, high-rate auto and aerospace composites
GKN Aerospace, McLaren Automotive and U.K.-based partners share goals and progress aiming at high-rate, Industry 4.0-enabled, sustainable materials and processes.
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Plant tour: Albany Engineered Composites, Rochester, N.H., U.S.
Efficient, high-quality, well-controlled composites manufacturing at volume is the mantra for this 3D weaving specialist.
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Reliance Industries enhances polyester textiles with FRX Nofia technology
Polymeric phosphorus-based additive solution brings fire retardance and sustainability to Recron FS fabrics, enabling safe, responsible end-use applications.
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One-piece, one-shot, 17-meter wing spar for high-rate aircraft manufacture
GKN Aerospace has spent the last five years developing materials strategies and resin transfer molding (RTM) for an aircraft trailing edge wing spar for the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program.
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Industrial thread company Coats Group opens Huanmantla manufacturing facility
Mexico facility will support the company’s development of high-performance material threads, yarns and fabrics for the automotive and composites industries, among others.
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Tri-Mack introduces thin, lightweight thermoplastic composite enclosures
Durable, low-cost manufacturing support wide range of industrial uses, with option for embedded EMI shielding.
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Plant tour: AvCarb, Lowell, Mass., U.S.
Composites are often selected for their structural properties, but at AvCarb, innovation in carbon fiber-based products has driven fuel cell technology advances for decades.
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CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Microtex Composites
Microtex Composites presents Microtex-Style, a new composite fabric option to support creative part and structure customization for industry customers.
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CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Composite Alliance Corp.
Composite part design and fabrication is supported through standard and custom solutions with global tooling, machinery and service supplier Composite Alliance Corp.
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CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Teubert
Teubert highlights enhancements made to its continuous compression molding (CCM) system, including production scale-up, reducing required energy during production, live measurement of pressure distribution.
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